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Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Children in Care 17+ Months and Adopted in < 12 Months
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Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18
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2 or Fewer Placements
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More than 6 Placements
Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
1757
88.02%
203
10.17%
32
1.60%
4
0.20%
1996
Adams County
31
77.50%
9
22.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
40
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
9
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Antelope County
9
81.81%
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
24
96.00%
1
4.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
25
Bellevue
190
85.58%
25
11.26%
5
2.25%
2
0.90%
222
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
16
94.11%
0
0.00%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
17
Boone County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Box Butte County
15
88.23%
2
11.76%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
60
85.71%
8
11.42%
2
2.85%
0
0.00%
70
Burt County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Butler County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Cass County
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Cedar County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Center
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Central
256
88.27%
31
10.68%
2
0.68%
1
0.34%
290
Chadron
21
80.76%
5
19.23%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
26
Chase County
3
75.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Cherry County
7
77.77%
2
22.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Cheyenne County
15
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Colfax County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Columbus
36
87.80%
4
9.75%
1
2.43%
0
0.00%
41
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
7
77.77%
0
0.00%
2
22.22%
0
0.00%
9
Custer County
23
95.83%
1
4.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
24
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
22
95.65%
0
0.00%
1
4.34%
0
0.00%
23
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
12
80.00%
3
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Dawson County
49
87.50%
7
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
56
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Dodge County
79
89.77%
8
9.09%
1
1.13%
0
0.00%
88
Douglas County
498
85.71%
69
11.87%
11
1.89%
3
0.51%
581
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
620
85.75%
85
11.75%
15
2.07%
3
0.41%
723
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Franklin County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Fremont
74
94.87%
3
3.84%
1
1.28%
0
0.00%
78
Frontier County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Furnas County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Gage County
9
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Garden County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grand Island
67
83.75%
13
16.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
80
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Hall County
63
86.30%
10
13.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
73
Hamilton County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
40
78.43%
10
19.60%
0
0.00%
1
1.96%
51
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Holdrege
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Holt County
19
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
19
Hooker County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Howard County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Johnson County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Judicial District 1
41
97.61%
1
2.38%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
42
Judicial District 2
138
89.61%
12
7.79%
4
2.59%
0
0.00%
154
Judicial District 3
221
90.94%
21
8.64%
1
0.41%
0
0.00%
243
Judicial District 4
498
85.71%
69
11.87%
11
1.89%
3
0.51%
581
Judicial District 5
120
88.88%
12
8.88%
3
2.22%
0
0.00%
135
Judicial District 6
138
90.19%
11
7.18%
4
2.61%
0
0.00%
153
Judicial District 7
91
85.84%
11
10.37%
4
3.77%
0
0.00%
106
Judicial District 8
55
94.82%
3
5.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
58
Judicial District 9
123
86.01%
18
12.58%
2
1.39%
0
0.00%
143
Judicial District 10
81
87.09%
11
11.82%
0
0.00%
1
1.07%
93
Judicial District 11
150
87.71%
18
10.52%
3
1.75%
0
0.00%
171
Judicial District 12
101
86.32%
16
13.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
117
Kearney
101
92.66%
6
5.50%
2
1.83%
0
0.00%
109
Kearney County
13
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Keith County
16
94.11%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Knox County
11
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Lancaster County
221
90.94%
21
8.64%
1
0.41%
0
0.00%
243
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
52
88.13%
7
11.86%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
59
Lincoln
241
92.33%
19
7.27%
1
0.38%
0
0.00%
261
Lincoln County
57
85.07%
9
13.43%
1
1.49%
0
0.00%
67
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
48
82.75%
9
15.51%
1
1.72%
0
0.00%
58
McCook
15
88.23%
1
5.88%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
17
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
9
75.00%
0
0.00%
3
25.00%
0
0.00%
12
Morrill County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
27
96.42%
1
3.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
28
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Niobrara
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Norfolk
79
83.15%
15
15.78%
1
1.05%
0
0.00%
95
North Platte
71
86.58%
9
10.97%
2
2.43%
0
0.00%
82
Northern
324
88.52%
32
8.74%
10
2.73%
0
0.00%
366
Nuckolls County
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
O' Neill
29
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
29
Ogallala
9
90.00%
1
10.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Omaha
427
85.74%
60
12.04%
10
2.00%
1
0.20%
498
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
12
92.30%
0
0.00%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
13
Ord
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Otoe County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
19
95.00%
1
5.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
20
Pierce
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pierce County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Platte County
23
88.46%
3
11.53%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
26
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
14
87.50%
2
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
16
Red Willow County
9
81.81%
0
0.00%
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
11
Richardson County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
9
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Santee Tribe - Nebr
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Sarpy County
126
89.36%
11
7.80%
4
2.83%
0
0.00%
141
Saunders County
9
75.00%
3
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Scotts Bluff County
41
87.23%
6
12.76%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
47
Scottsbluff
48
82.75%
10
17.24%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
58
Seward
27
87.09%
4
12.90%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
31
Seward County
10
90.90%
1
9.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Sheridan County
8
66.66%
4
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
25
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
25
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
38
86.36%
3
6.81%
3
6.81%
0
0.00%
44
Southeast
292
92.99%
21
6.68%
1
0.31%
0
0.00%
314
Stanton County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
State - Judicial District
1757
88.02%
203
10.17%
32
1.60%
4
0.20%
1996
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
13
81.25%
2
12.50%
1
6.25%
0
0.00%
16
Valentine
17
94.44%
1
5.55%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
18
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
12
92.30%
0
0.00%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
13
Washington County
7
87.50%
0
0.00%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
8
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
6
85.71%
0
0.00%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
7
Webster County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
1
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
250
87.41%
33
11.53%
3
1.04%
0
0.00%
286
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
York
42
87.50%
3
6.25%
3
6.25%
0
0.00%
48
York County
35
94.59%
2
5.40%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
37